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29-128-1252

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Object Number 29-128-1252
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 100-199 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Paste
Technique Cameo
Iconography Sphinx
Description

Sommerville: Antique paste cameo. A Sphinx, representing the Emperor Augustus. Antique Pastes, Case YYY.

Vermeule: Antique paste, imitating Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) The Grecian Sphinx standing to right, left forepaw slightly raised. Graeco-Roman, 1st or IInd A.D.

Height 1.6 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Depth 1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 1252 - Sommerville Number

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